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Ship Esperance in the harbour of Ostend bound to Bengale.

Monday January 14 1726.
Received on bord two small casks with browne sugar & one
of rossine.

Tuesday the 15.
Received on bord 2 casks of biskets said to gt. 847 lb &
twienty cask of rusk, said to gt 6500 lb. One small
cask with white sugar, one of rice, & one of sulphur.
2 casks markt N.C. & a stream anchor no weight on it.

Wednesday the 16.
Received on bord the stock of the stream anchor.

Thursday the 17.
Received on bord 11 hhds of whole grout, & 5 of broken ditto.
Sent ashore a small anchor.

Friday the 18.
Received on bord one cask of mustard seed, 3 cases markt
N.C.RW. n°. 1. a 3. & a mast about 64 feet long & 17 inches
through.

Saturday the 19.
Put downe one of our sheet cables in the hold, came
in here a new Dutch ship for the company.

Monday the 21.
Received on bord our new sheet cable, splic'd it & put
it down in the hold, putt ashore one piece of brandy
4. cases of wine mark't P. n°. 13. 14. 14. 9. & 6 pigs of
lead by Mr. Bernaert's order.

Tuesday the 22.
Put ashore one piece of brandy & stowed our hold in order.

Wednesday the 23.
Received on bord 4 cases mark't [trade symbol?] n°.7 a 10. 2 ditto mark't F. n° 12
bent our two bower cables.

Thursday the 24.
Received on bord 3 casks of white biskets said to containe
975 lb. 10 jars of olives, two small casks of ditto & 3
potts of butter.

Friday January 25. 1726
Received on bord 12 bolts of canvass & 6 ditto of vittery, 100 lb
of twine, a small case of wax candles & two graplings.

Saturday the 26.
Received on board 4 cases mark't CD. n°. 6 a 9. bent our sailes.

Monday the 28.
Received 4 small cases with candles, 4 small casks with
butter, 1000 lb of iron, & 3 casks of flower.

Tuesday the 29.
Received on bord, our small armes, & some of our carpenter's
stores, & a case of the doctors.

Wednesday the 30.
Received on bord, 6 barrels of raisons, one ditto of figgs,
one ditto of syrup, one ditto suet, some plank, a large
case mark't M.H.W. n°. 2. got up a case P. n°. 9. for the ship.

Thursday the 31.
Received one cask of suet, one case markt P. n°. 1. One
small box with specerie, one chest of lemons.

Friday February 1.
Received on bord two casks, said to gt. beef, likewise received
some live provision; dryed our sailes.

Sunday the 3.
Musterd all our people & gave them notes for 3 months
absence mony.

Monday the 4.
Received on bord, 3 hhds of greens, three cases of the Company
mark. [trade symbol?] n°. 3. 6. 7. a large basket n°. 2. 3. 1/2 hhds of lamp
oyle & 6 baggs of charcole, four cases markt CW. n°. 1 a 4.
Could not get our men abord.

Tuesday the 5.
Received on bord 25 cask of treasure & 3 cases said to be
ditto, 2 drumms, & our soldiers, gott all clear to saile
but it proved little wind & vearable, could not.